When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand. The film is set in 1959, when Ip Man is seen settling into his low-profile life in Hong Kong after decades of his struggles. His elder son, Ip Chun has returned to Foshan to study, leaving him with his young son Ip Ching and his wife. The film begins with Ip Man practicing his wooden dummy techniques and a butterfly flew and sat atop the wooden dummy. This will later be revealed to contain the entire plot of the movie about his wife’s passing.